Bug#368770: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#368770: wpasupplicant: takes a long time to associate to WEP protected hidden-SSID network

[Marc Haber]

On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 06:12:22PM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
> Marc Haber wrote:
> >Adding wpa-wep-tx-keyidx 0 didn't help. Still takes like five minutes
> >before wpa_supplicant bothers to configure the key into the network
> >interface.
> >
> >After doing ifup eth1=-wlan-some-site and the dhcp client timing out,
> >just waiting will make the interface associate eventually. After
> >manually restarting dhclient brings the interface up ok. It just takes
> >way too long (like between two and five minutes).
> 
> Can I have some more data? wpasupplicant version and wifi module and 
> version?

Sure.

wpasupplicant 0.4.8-4, kernel 2.6.17-rc5
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, git-1.1.1
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection

0000:02:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 12f6
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        Memory at 90100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

Anything more?

Greetings
Marc

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